Table 1.

Patient Characteristics of ICU Patients with Sepsis

	No AF (n = 1704)	Any AF (n = 1270)	p-value
Demographics
Age, mean (SD)	60.7 (16.0)	71.4 (12.0)	<0.001
Male sex, (%)	53.1%	56.7%	0.052
Race			<0.001
White	65.6%	73.9%
Black	11.3%	7.9%
Latino	3.8%	2.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.8%
Other	16.4%	13.5%
Discharge location			<0.001
Home	32.9%	22.9%
SNF	17.7%	18.3%
Transfer	3.5%	3.1%
Long term,	12.3%	12.0%
Hospice	1.3%	1.3%
Expired	16.6%	24.3%
Other	15.8%	18.3%
In-hospital factors, diagnoses, and procedures
Length of stay, days, mean (SD)	15.1 (15.1)	16.2 (14.1)	0.053
Hypertension	43.1%	47.9%	0.010
CHF	29.3%	60.7%	<0.001
Diabetes	31.6%	38.6%	<0.001
Ischemic stroke	4.9%	6.8%	0.032
Electrical cardioversion	0.1%	3.5%	<0.001
CABG	3.8%	10.6%	<0.001
Intubation	39.5%	45.2%	0.002
Echocardiogram	8.7%	16.5%	<0.001
Pulmonary artery catheterization	4.0%	7.2%	<0.001
Cardiac catheterization	11.7%	20.7%	<0.001
Medications
Warfarin	12.9%	43.7%	<0.001
Other anticoagulants	89.3%	90.3%	0.38
Digoxin	2.2%	24.4%	<0.001
Beta blocker	63.6%	85.7%	<0.001
Calcium channel blocker	15.6%	40.3%	<0.001
Antiarrhythmic	4.0%	43.7%	<0.001
Vasopressor	49.9%	69.2%	<0.001
Physiologic and laboratory values on admission
Mean arterial pressure, mmHg, mean (SD)	81.4 (43.6)	79.1 (43.0)	0.33
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD)	124.6 (29.8)	120.1 (27.5)	0.002
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD)	60.9 (18.5)	57.2 (16.8)	<0.001
Heart rate, bpm, mean (SD)	92.2 (20.4)	89.3 (20.7)	<0.001
Creatinine, ng/dl, mean (SD)	1.8 (1.9)	1.9 (1.7)	0.044
Troponin, ng/ml, mean (SD)	0.4 (1.7)	0.4 (1.6)	0.84
NT-proBNP, pg/ml, mean (SD)	6,588 (9,796)	10715.0 (11302.0)	<0.001
Hemoglobin, g/dl, mean (SD)	11.5 (2.3)	11.3 (2.2)	0.019